What's good about...

Canopy Wave logo Canopy Wave

  • Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
  • 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
  • GPU rental and open-model inference on one account

Gcore logo Gcore

  • Competitive pricing with pay-as-you-go model
  • Over 210 global PoPs across six continents
  • Free DDoS protection, WAF, and egress traffic
  • Offers NVIDIA GPUs such as A100, H100, and L40S

Price comparison

How do Canopy Wave's prices compare against Gcore?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Gcore Gcore
$14.10 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g0-standard-1-2)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Gcore Gcore
$56.32 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g0-standard-4-8)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Gcore Gcore
$124.63 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g0-standard-8-16)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
$7.00 / mo 100 GB (Shared Storage)
Gcore Gcore
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
$40.00 / mo 1 TB
Gcore Gcore
$47.14 / mo 1 TB, 250k write requests

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Gcore Gcore
$20.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 1 Public IP

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Gcore Gcore
$14.96 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
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Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
$3.25/hr
Gcore Gcore
$1.09/hr

Billing Options

Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
On-DemandCustom
Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustomReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models, while Gcore offers 5.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
canopywave.com
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Headquarters
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
United States of America
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg
Founded
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
2024
Gcore Gcore
2014
Data Center Locations
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
2
Gcore Gcore
53
Example Customers
Canopy Wave Canopy Wave
UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast

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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Aug. 14, 2026, and for Gcore on Feb. 12, 2026.